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Donald Verschoore

  Donald L. Verschoore, 69, of Milan, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005, at Trinity Medical Center, West Campus, Rock Island.
  Services will be 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Milan, where a Christian wake service will be held at 4 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alleman High School Sports Department, Pathway Hospice or to a favorite charity.
  Mr. Verschoore was born Aug. 5, 1936, in Rock Island, a son of Arthur and Loretta McManus Verschoore. He married Karen L. Schneider June 19, 1954, in Milan.
  Don was a graduate of Alleman High School, Rock Island. He farmed and was an oil distributor in the Quad-Cities area.
  He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Milan, and the Rock Island Moose. Don loved to play euchre, go fishing, watch sports and go to Las Vegas.
  Survivors include his wife, Karen; children (and spouses), Vicki (Dan) Weller, Edgington, Mark (Doe) Verschoore, Moline, Scott Verschoore, Reynolds, Lori Montgomery, Taylor Ridge, Michele (Darrell) Day, Rock Island, Colleen Verschoore, Taylor Ridge, Collette (Ken) Maranda, Milan; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Lou Bell, Rock Island; brothers and sisters-in-law, Joseph and Jackie Verschoore, Geneseo, Paul and Virginia Verschoore, Taylor Ridge, Daniel and Sharon Verschoore, Moline and Patrick and Charlene Verschoore, Milan. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Jean McGinnis Maloney.
(Rock Island Argus, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005)

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